Mongolian (Unicode block)
The Unicode block Mongolian (English Mongolian, U 1800 to U 18 AF) contains letters, digits and various punctuation marks for the written from top to bottom Mongolian alphabet, for the Todo font, for Xibe font for which font Galik ( Ali Gali ), for the Manchurian writing as well as extensions to the transcription of the Sanskrit and Tibetan script.
The Mongolian alphabet was, by the Uyghur scribe Tatar - Tonga, who had been captured by the Mongols during the war against the Naiman to develop the year 1204 and is an adaptation of the Uyghur script for the Mongolian language. In 1941 the Mongolian alphabet was abolished by the Communist government of Mongolia. The font in which the Mongolian is written in Mongolia today usually, since then the Cyrillic (see Unicode block Cyrillic ), while in Inner Mongolia in China continues to be the one shown here Mongolian script in use. Since the 80s, it is taught again in Mongolia, and there you will find they are now often on book titles, in company logos and the like. , But still not as text font.
Due to the different variants of Mongolian letters depending on the word gender, position and orthography of the block contains its own Variantenselektoren through which the letters can be shaped to fit. However, since the exact dates of the possible forms have not yet been published, the support is in fonts still a big problem.